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Measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay

Effect
Objection failed
Result
123 for · 511 against · 42 abstained roll call
Date
27 November 2024, 12:27
Kind
Objection to a Commission measure
More facts (10)
Margin
by a large majority
Counts are for
the objection
Text
Motion B-10-2024-0178
Dossier
2024/2842(DEA)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheriesClimate & environment Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Requested by
Greens (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Wednesday 27 November 2024
Final vote
170721
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 123 for, 511 against, 42 abstained (roll call).

Objection failed by a large majority.

The objection failed — the Commission measure goes ahead.

Backed by ECR and Patriots; opposed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ESN.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 0Against 43Abst. 0No vote 3 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 0Against 49Abst. 2No vote 2 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
S&DFor 1Against 131Abst. 0No vote 4 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 0Against 73Abst. 0No vote 4 of 77Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 0Against 166Abst. 6No vote 16 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.95
ECRFor 34Against 11Abst. 28No vote 5 of 78Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.20
PatriotsFor 82Against 1Abst. 0No vote 3 of 86Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 4Against 18Abst. 1No vote 2 of 25Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.67
No groupFor 2Against 19Abst. 5No vote 4 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Diego SOLIER changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 15

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria611030.47
Belgium318010.79
Bulgaria116000.91
Cyprus1401—
Czechia811110.33
Germany091140.98
Denmark014100.90
Estonia1600—
Spain649230.79
Finland113010.89
France3439620.24
Greece414030.67
Croatia010110.86
Hungary109020.29
Ireland014001.00
Italy8442310.38
Lithuania19010.85
Luxembourg1311—
Latvia1341—
Malta0501—
Netherlands524020.74
Poland2626100.24
Portugal219000.86
Romania3171120.71
Sweden021001.00
Slovenia0801—
Slovakia113010.89

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

No plenary speech is linked to this dossier.

All votes on this decision, 1

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the motion for a resolution B10-0178/2024 – Motion for a resolution Roll call123 for, 511 against, 42 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots, Greens

Roll calls requested by Greens, Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2024-0178

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The Commission's delegated regulation sets measures to reduce accidental catches of common dolphins and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay.

Parliament rejected the objection, so the regulation will now apply.

The resolution had asked the Commission to withdraw the regulation.

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Parliament objects to the Commission Delegated Regulation of 30 September 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 on measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/2842(DEA) · Scrutiny of a delegated act

Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 as regards measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay

Parliament rejected the objection on 27 November 2024 — the Commission measure goes ahead.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 9 October 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Rejected 27 November 2024 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · No text adopted (done)

Lead committee: PECH

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 11 connections: Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-11-27/4
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay”. Decision, 27 November 2024. votingId 170721, document B-10-2024-0178, reference 2024/2842(DEA). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-11-27/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 27 November 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-11-27-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 27 November 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-11-27-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-11-27, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-11-27/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2024-11-27-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-11-27},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-11-27/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-11-27/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 170721, document B-10-2024-0178, reference 2024/2842(DEA). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-11-27-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-11-27-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-11-27 (CC BY 4.0)}
}